Wednesday, September 20, 2017

grammar - ending a sentence with a preposition 'of'




I know many questions have been asked for ending a sentence with a preposition in this community. However none of that seems to be providing the answer which I am looking for in this scenario. Please consider following sentence.



Traditionally celebrities have been considered as one of the very few people who enjoy really luxurious lifestyles where many of us can only dream of.



Is it grammatically correct to end the sentence with the proposition 'of' ? or should I have used something like 'about'.



Pls consider that my English is not that great and I feel little awkward about this sentence I wrote. But unfortunately I can not find a reason. Have I made any other grammatical mistake ?


Answer



I think that, technically, you should say





Traditionally celebrities have been considered as one of the very few people who enjoy really luxurious lifestyles of which many of us can only dream.




To be honest though, people don't speak like that anymore. I would, however, write like that, particularly in a relatively formal setting, such as an essay, paper or publication.


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